Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to complaints in relation to recruitment procedures with the Safefood agency. [7558/06]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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The Food Safety Promotion Board, Safefood, is a North-South Implementation Body established under the Good Friday Agreement. Its remit is to promote awareness and knowledge of food safety issues on an all-island basis.

I am not aware of complaints in relation to recruitment procedures. However, I am advised that Safefood has received two complaints in relation to the appointment of a co-ordinator for a research network on cryptosporidium. The co-ordinator's role attracts a grant of €10,000 per annum for a period of five years to facilitate the setting up and maintenance of the research network but it is not considered by Safefood to be a contract of employment. Both complaints are currently being processed by the appropriate employment equality machinery — one within this jurisdiction and one within Northern Ireland.